POLYTECH S.A. in cooperation with BIOMECHANICAL SOLUTIONS – BME and PLAGTON A.E., will proceed with the implementation of the project “FISH – Automated Sorting System for Skeletal Deformities of Cultured Fishes“. The common research proposal was approved to enter the ESPA 2014-2020 “Research-Create-Innovate” business program.
Proceedings Paper: View here https://www.mdpi.com/2701956
Scope
The presence of skeletal anomalies in farmed fishes poses a constant worldwide problem in aquaculture, leading to economic and animal welfare issues. Manual removal of skeletal deformed fishes from production is required repeatedly, resulting in downgraded products such as filets or fish meal, which leads to profit loss. Currently, abnormal fish are removed from stocks well before reaching the final consumer (less than 2 grams mean individual weight). Except for fish without an inflated swim bladder, easily selected through the salinity floating test, there is no reliable method for mass removal of specimens exhibiting other deformities.
As a result, the latter are selected for manually, with significant increase of the personnel cost and delays of the production cycle. The threshold between commercially severe and non-severe deformities is empirically and subjectively defined by the hatcheries, due to the lack of a precise scale of quality that can allow connecting skeletal development to external morphology of the fish at the end of the hatchery and on-growing phases. Hence, the purpose of this project is to develop an integrated automated system for valid mass removal of farmed fishes with skeletal deformities based on vision analysis and shape pattern recognition techniques.
Objective
This project aims to create a new product that is missing from the international market. Its aim is to reduce production costs, optimize the quality of produced fish, increase profits through competitive services and thus maintain and increase jobs. After a thorough search, there seems to be a variety shortage in the market. The completion of the proposed project aims to make the future product low-cost. It will provide the Partners with all the necessary research knowledge and know-how, which they can exploit both commercially and scientifically, gaining a significant advantage over their competitors.
Participants
- BIOMECHANICAL SOLUTIONS – BME
- PLAGTON A.E.
- POLYTECH S.A.
Links
Proceedings paper: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/94/1/58
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